The brain tumour charity

WHEN Justin Cotillard mistook his pregnant wife for a stranger on their honeymoon she knew something wasn't right.But, the reality was far beyond Emma's worst fears.Unbeknown to the happy couple, the 29-year-old's head was being invaded by a deadly brain tumour.Seven months after being diagnosed with a glioblastoma - the most aggressive form of brain tumour - Justin passed away in his wife's arms, having survived to meet the couple's baby.It was on honeymoon that the first warning signs appeared.He began to suffer memory loss and became so confused he didn't recognise Emma."He woke up one morning and started screaming at me to get out of his room,” she said.“He thought I was a stranger."He didn’t remember that I was seven months pregnant with our first baby.”The couple cut short their trip to France.And on returning to the UK, Justin had an MRI scan that uncovered the deadly tumour.The couple were warned there was no cure, but doctors said surgery, followed by … [Read more...] about Hubby who mistook his pregnant wife for a stranger on their HONEYMOON was actually battling deadly brain tumour

A YOUNG woman is thankful to be alive after doctors put her brain tumour symptoms down to an ingrown toenail - leaving her needing a life-saving operation to remove a golf ball-sized mass six months later.Gemma Martin, now 22, woke up one day in December 2014 and couldn’t feel her right leg.Terrified, she rushed to A&E where they thought she could be suffering with meningitis but after tests she claims she was sent home and told she had experienced a “funny turn”.But over the next few weeks the weakness and numbness in her leg continued.Gemma, a business and management student from Erskine, said: “I woke up one morning and I had no feeling in my leg, it was terrifying.“I went to the doctors where they tested my reflexes but they were fine.“In the end I was told that the ingrown toenail on my right foot was causing the loss of feeling in my right leg and that I should have it removed.”But, after removing the toenail, Gemma began to develop … [Read more...] about Student’s shock after doctors said ingrown toenail caused numbness in her leg – but it turned out to be a GOLF BALL-SIZED brain tumour

AT the age of just nine, Amber Aziz told her cousins she wanted to kill herself.The school girl insisted there was something in her head, telling her parents she "wanted a new brain".Repeated visits to see doctors gave mum Zainab Kamran, little explanation.One GP even told the mum-of-two Amber's symptoms were nothing more than jealously, of her little sister.With no one listening to her cries for help, little Amber confided in her cousins she wanted to throw herself in front of a car.Distraught Zainab said she was left feeling like a "bad mum", having had no idea of her daughter's suicidal thoughts, and powerless to get her the help she so desperately needed.But Amber wasn't jealous of her younger sibling, Marissa.The suicidal thoughts, severe headaches and vomiting plaguing the nine-year-old were being caused by a brain tumour, growing inside her head.Zainab told The Sun Online: "I felt sick and thought; ‘I am a really bad mother'."How could I not have known that my … [Read more...] about Girl, 9, who screamed she wanted to kill herself is actually battling brain tumour – after docs said she was just JEALOUS of her little sister

THE chances were 400million-to-one, but for Rachel Cole the odds were not in her favour.Since losing her brother to a brain tumour ten years ago, the mum of two's worst fear was that she would suffer the same fate.Devastatingly, the brave mum was diagnosed with a Grade 3 tumour after collapsing at home after a seizure last year, reports the Chronicle Live.Rachel, from Rowlands Gill, and brother, Graeme Turner, were very close right up until the day he died.Graeme was just 26 when he was rushed to hospital after losing his balance and falling.In January 2005 he was given the devastating news he had a Grade 4 brain tumour and underwent surgery and chemotherapy.He died in October 2006, three months after celebrating his 28th birthday.Rachel said: "He was determined to fight, even though towards the end he couldn’t really do anything physically, he never lost his sense of humour or his personality."Following his death his family, who wanted to make a difference for people suffering … [Read more...] about Mum of two battles brain tumour 10 years after her older brother died from SAME disease

A 17-YEAR-OLD girl died after doctors 'mistook' the early signs of a brain tumour for exam worries -amid fears cancers are being confused with teenage mood swings.Emma Sims was 15 when she started to complain she couldn't see the board at school properly before suffering from headaches and sickness.Doctors told mum Heather, 47, and dad Graeme, 49, from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, that her migraines were being "triggered by exam stress and spending hours on the computer".Mrs Sim, who also has another daughter Ellie, said the couple took Emma to see a GP three times, adding: “Once when Graeme took her, he was even told: ‘It’s not a brain tumour, you know.’”It was only a few months later - in March 2014 - when Emma's eye turned in that she was rushed to hospital and the tumour was discovered.She had emergency surgery to relieve pressure on her brain and in a second operation the following day, surgeons managed to remove most of her tumour.Biopsy … [Read more...] about Girl, 17, died after doctors ‘mistook’ brain tumour for exam worries – amid fears cancers are being confused with teens’ mood swings

A MAN with terminal brain cancer who was given a year to live, claims that ditching CARBS and eating plenty of fat could be the reason he is still alive today.Last July dad-of-two Dave Bolton, 35, was given just 12 months to live with treatment - or three months without - when he was diagnosed with a terminal Glioblastoma Multiform 4 brain tumour (GBM4).Dave from the Wirral, Merseyside, had previously been given a five year prognosis in July 2014 - after doctors discovered a tennis ball-sized grade two Astrocytoma tumour in his brain.However, Dave has now given up eating carbs, fruit, vegetables and sugar and has switched to consuming a diet high in meat, dairy and fats, and his scans now reveal that mass on his brain has almost completely disappeared.Dave, who is also a former world champion kickboxer, said: "After my diagnosis all these thoughts were running through my head – I wondered whether I would ever be able to walk my daughter down the aisle or watch my son grow up."I … [Read more...] about Father with terminal brain tumour claims high-fat diet of meat and dairy is the reason he’s still alive

PROFESSIONAL high jumper and model Amy Pejkovic has spoken about her heartbreak after her Olympic dreams were ended by a brain tumour.The Australian stunner had hoped to take her high jump talent to London in 2012, but her dreams came crashing down around her when she was diagnosed with the tumour at the age of 19.The professional jumper was given the heartbreaking diagnosis four years ago, when doctors told her she'd need surgery to remove the mass from her brain.And now the 23-year-old, who also works as a model, has reflected on the fateful diagnosis which made her miss the London Games and left her fearing for her life.Amy, who was training to make Australian athletics team, told Daily Mail Australia: "I just sat there and watched my mother talking to the doctors."I remember her holding up the scans and seeing a big white blob on my brainstem. I’ve never been so heartbroken."But Amy, who had already qualified for World Junior … [Read more...] about Model and professional high jumper Amy Pejkovic speaks out on the brain tumour diagnosis which ended her Olympic chances

AN six-year-old told by three doctors she just had a headache had her life saved by her MUM - who used a leaflet to diagnose an orange-sized brain tumour.Chrissy Fletcher, 40, says a series of medics said her daughter Darcey was just suffering from run of the mill problems and should see an optician.But after reading an advice leaflet on child brain tumours - mother-of-four Chrissy noticed the symptoms matched up and drove her daughter Darcy, then six, to hospital.To her horror, an MRI scan soon revealed a whopping 6.5cm by 5.2cm tumour - and doctors told her that Darcey had only been a week away from death.Speaking of the lucky discovery, Chrissy, of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, said: "I never in a million years would have thought a brain tumour causing Darcey so much pain until I diagnosed her from a leaflet."When I was looking at the checklist I was thinking, yes, yes, yes, checking off all the symptoms it listed, bar one - epilepsy."The thing is, the doctors would not give her the … [Read more...] about Adorable six-year-old was just one week from death when mum’s diagnosis revealed migraines were actually orange-sized brain tumour

CASUALTY actress Holly Matthews has opened up about her heartbreak, as her husband Ross Blair bravely battles an incurable brain tumour, revealing that despite his prognosis, she cannot “face the word widow.”The actress, 31, has shared this news just days after Casualty aired its storyline which saw Glen tell his girlfriend Robyn that he had a glioblastoma, an aggressive primary malignant brain tumour in adults.And today Holly shared her and Ross’ own journey in an emotional post.Holly and Ross, 31, have two young daughters, Brooke, five and Texas, three, and the actress revealed that her husband was first diagnosed in February 2014 with a rare, aggressive and malignant brain tumour and was given a 50-50 chance of surviving five years.Ross, who also has Asperger’s, had surgery and 11 months of chemo, and during one of his three monthly scans they were told in May that his tumour was growing again, and is having surgery today.Holly writes on The Mail Online: … [Read more...] about Casualty actress Holly Matthews’ opens up about heartbreak over husband’s incurable brain tumour – days after hard-hitting storyline is screened on show

A DAD told the tingling in his legs was being caused by a trapped nerve was actually battling an incurable BRAIN TUMOUR.Neil Grist had been told to do exercises to relieve his symptoms when he suddenly suffered 16 seizures a day.Paramedics who came to Mr Grist’s home when he first suffered a fit and fainted in March, said the pain in his neck and back was “likely nothing to worry about”.They told the dad-of-two from Thackley, West Yorks., his symptoms were probably down to a trapped nerve.Mr Grist was sent home from hospital but was referred for a CT scan.However, when the 42-year-old non-league footballer had 16 seizures in one day just a month later he was rushed to the hospital for an urgent scan.His primary school teacher wife, Andrea, 45, said: “The doctors told us that they had found something but they weren’t sure what it was.“They decided to put Neil on watch and wait and ordered another scan for four week’s time.“The wait … [Read more...] about Dad, 42, told tingling in his legs is a trapped nerve is actually battling inoperable brain tumour